the peach (Prunus persica) is a deciduous tree native to the region of Northwest China between

the Tarim Basin and the north slopes of the Kunlun Shan mountains, where it was first domesticated
and cultivated.[3] It bears an edible juicy fruit called a peach or a nectarine.
The specific epithet persica refers to its widespread cultivation in Persia, whence it was transplanted
to Europe. It belongs to the genus Prunus which includes the cherry, apricot, almond and plum, in
the rose family. The peach is classified with the almond in the subgenus Amygdalus, distinguished
from the other subgenera by the corrugated seed shell.
Peach and nectarines are the same species, even though they are regarded commercially as
different fruits. In contrast to peaches, whose fruits present the characteristic fuzz on the skin,
nectarines are characterized by the absence of fruit-skin trichomes (fuzz-less fruit); genetic studies
suggest nectarines are produced due to a recessive allele, whereas peaches are produced from a
dominant allele for fuzzy skin.[4]
China is the world's largest producer of peaches.[5]

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